Petar Pušić

Petar Pušić
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-25) 25 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking Midfielder, Winger
Team information
Current team
 NK Osijek
Number 66
Youth career
2007–2008 Sporting Club Schaffhausen
2008–2011 FC Schaffhausen
2011–2017 Grasshoppers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Grasshoppers U21 6 (2)
2017–2023 Grasshoppers 164 (21)
2023– Osijek 43 (5)
International career‡
2013 Switzerland U15
2014 Switzerland U16 9 (0)
2015–2016 Switzerland U17 7 (2)
2016–2017 Switzerland U18 7 (1)
2017 Switzerland U19 6 (0)
2018–2019 Switzerland U20 5 (5)
2018–2021 Switzerland U21 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:47, 10 August 2022 (UTC)

Petar Pušić (born 25 January 1999) is a Swiss footballer who currently plays as a midfielder, for Osijek in the Croatian Football League.[1]

Club career

Pušić was born in the northern Swiss town of Schaffhausen, and played for local sides Sporting Club Schaffhausen and FC Schaffhausen,[2] before making a move to top division side Grasshoppers in 2011. He signed his first professional contract in February 2017 alongside teammates Nedim Bajrami and Arijan Qollaku,[3] and made his debut later the same month; coming on as a substitute for Mërgim Brahimi in a 3–0 loss to Lugano.[4]

In the following two seasons, he saw a lot more play in the main squad, with over 50 appearances, including 26 starting lineups. Following their relegation in the 2018-19 season, he accompanied Grasshopper into the Swiss Challenge League. During the two years he spent in the second Swiss league, he established himself as a mainstay of the squad and was an instrumental part of Grasshoppers's promotion back to the Swiss Super League in 2021.

Despite strong interest of Super League giants FC Basel,[5] he chose to renew his contract with Grasshoppers in October 2021, keeping him at the club until 2023.[6] In December 2021, he contracted Covid-19,[7] and continued suffering symptoms past the winter break.[8] Due to the effects of Long COVID, he missed the remainder of the season, despite returning to training in March 2022.[9] After seven months on the sideline,[10] he returned to active play in time for the new season, coming on for the final 20 minutes in Grasshoppers' opening win against FC Lugano.

He departed the team at the end of the 2022–23 season,[11] after twelve years at his boyhood club. In this time, he made 181 competitive appearances and made 51 direct goal contributions (23 goals, 28 assists).

On 17 July 2023, he signed for NK Osijek in the Croatian Football League.[12]

International career

Pušić was born in Switzerland and is of Croatian descent.[13] He has represented Switzerland until the under-21 level. He played for the Switzerland U17 team in their unsuccessful European Under-17 Championship qualification bid in 2016, featuring in all three games of the elite round.[14] He scored two goals for the under-17 side, both against Montenegro in 2015.[15]

He played for the Swiss U21 squad between 2018 and 2021, making his first appearance against France in a friendly on 25 May 2018. He scored his only goal for the U21 squad against Georgia during the qualification for the 2021 U21 Euro.

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 May 2023[16]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grasshoppers U21 2016–17 1. Liga - 3 6 2 0 0 – 6 2
2018–19 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
Grasshoppers 2016–17 Swiss Super League 1 0 0 0 – 1 0
2017–18 27 1 4 0 – 30 1
2018–19 21 1 2 0 – 22 1
2019–20 Swiss Challenge League 29 4 3 0 – 31 4
2020–21 36 9 3 0 – 39 9
2021–22 Swiss Super League 16 1 2 0 – 17 1
2022–23 34 5 3 2 – 3 0
Total 164 21 17 2 0 0 0 0 181 23
Career total 171 23 17 2 0 0 0 0 188 25

References

  1. ^ Petar Pušić at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Petar Pušić kreće stazama Petrića i Rakitića" (in Croatian). hrvati.ch. 17 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Harun Alpsoy wechselt in die Türkei" (in German). fm1today. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Lugano zieht GC weiter in den Abstiegssumpf – Basel erduselt sich Sieg in Thun" (in German). Watson. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. ^ "FC Basel ist sich mit Filip Ugrinic einig – und will auch GC-Pusic" (in German). nau.ch. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. ^ "PUSIC EXTENDS CONTRACT UNTIL 2023". gcz.ch. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Die Leidensgeschichte von GC-Star Pusic" (in German). blick.ch. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  8. ^ "PUSIC KÄMPFT MIT GESUNDHEITLICHEN PROBLEMEN" (in German). gcz.ch. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  9. ^ "PUSIC ZURÜCK IM TRAINING" (in German). gcz.ch. 23 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  10. ^ "PUSIC'S WEG ZURÜCK" (in German). gcz.ch. 19 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Petar Pusic leaves Grasshopper Club Zurich". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Petar Pušić novi igrač NK Osijek!". NK Osijek. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  13. ^ Ivić, Ivan. "Petar Pušić kreće stazama Petrića i Rakitića". HRVATI.CH (in Croatian). Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  14. ^ "Petar Pusic". UEFA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Statistik und Resultate". Swiss Football Association (in German). 19 August 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  16. ^ Petar Pušić at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2018.